Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-11-18
THE LAST ACT.
The Five Dead Anarchists Laid
to Rest.
An Immense Procession Followed tho Re-
mains to the Ccmetery-Innamma-
tory Speeches Mndo by Lead
Ing Anarchists.
GRAND DEMONSTRATE,

CHICAGO, Nov. li-Five Ing. priests Of
Anarchy were laid TO rest yesterday
afternoon. Laid TO rest, not ns English
malfactors would have been, with u hole
in prison corridor for q grave ard load
of quicla' for its bed. Laid to rCst-in a
beautiful garden to the dead, beneath q
mountain OF fragrant flowers, amid the
music of bands, solemn chants aud passion.
ate orutory and the tens of thousands.
Scarce less honors could have been paid
the horo or patriot than were showcrcd by
their sympathizers upon the caskets that
contained tho mortal remains of Spies, Par.
sons, Engel Fischer and Liugg. Sober
thoughtful men who saw the great out
pouring of people, who were confronted
with the red emblems of tho Commune at
every turn, who listened to the strains of
the Marseillaisc, asked of each other as to
what IL signified. Was IL tho last expiring
gasp OF tho social revolution, or was it
notice to Chicago and to tho United States
that "the King Is dead, Long live the
Kingn
Never before had the Milwaukee avenue
district, that hot.bed OF Anarchism-the
"Fnubourg st, Denis,n of Chicago-held
such concourse as was assembled within
its precincts at noon Sunday. For dis.
tance of three miles and more the roadway
and sidewalks, windows and roofs, were
black with mon, women and children.
Since carly morning they had been pouring
in through the main arteries from all sec
tions Of the city, even from the far-away
Stock Yards and the noted Black Road,
where the Haymarkei tragedy had its be.
ginning. 1t was not n riotous crowd neith-
er wus It ugly, but it had that threatening
aspect which characterizes the stiffness be-
fore the storm. Though fully hundred
thousand souls were uponthe thoroughfare
there was no disposition toward violence,
nor was there sign of lovity. There was
dogged, determined look upon nearly
every face. At least five out of
every ten displayed tho colors Of
the Commune in one form or another
Some of the men had red bows or
badges pinned upon their breasts and rib.
bons in their buttou-holes: others wore red
neck-ties or displayed the ends of red
handkerchiefs from the breast-poc kets of
their coats. Thousands had heavy crepe
upon their hats, or armlets of the same
material. Many more wore badges of the
French tri.color. Re d, too was the pre-
vailing color with the women. The trim
mings in their hats were rcd; ribbons OF
red were around their throats; rosettes Of
red, some of them as big as sunilowers,
were upon their breasts or pinned to their
shoulders. While the saloons in the neigh
borhood were dong u poor trade the dry
goods houses that had opened their doors
We're literally bosieged with customers,
and women crowded and tore in their eager.
ness to get something Of the popular color,
it mattered not whether it was satin, silk,
flannel or cotton, so long as it was red.
1t was fortunate for the peace of the city
that the Mayor had inhibited the proposed
lying in state OF the remains of August
Spies at Aurora Turner Hall. AS it was,
there were loud lamentations when Spies'
body was brought forth, and there were
many curses upon the police, but the OFF,
GERS expected this and could no he moved
to any angry retort The procession started
according to programme, taking up the
bodies of the dead men in the order in
which tho residences were passed The
relatives rode behind the hearses OF each
Mrs. Parsons was crazy with grief before
her husbands body was taken from the
house and was quoted with difficulty. The
silver plate on the coffin bore the inscrip.
ton:
Albert II. Parsons, |
Aged 30